Contents:
INTRODUCTION—OUTLINE OF SOME DESCRIPTIVE SYSTEMS
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS
PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES
FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS AND ENTROPY
AVAILABILITY AND IRREVERSIBILITY
THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS
IDEAL AND REAL GASES
GASES AND VAPOUR MIXTURES
PSYCHROMETRICS
CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
VAPOUR POWER CYCLES
GAS POWER CYCLES
REFRIGERATION CYCLES
HEAT TRANSFER
COMPRESSIBLE FLOW

The branch of engineering which deals with heating and cooling processes, equipments, or enclosed environments is called Thermal Engineering. It is used in Cooling of computer chips; Boiler design; Solar heating; design of combustion engines, and many other such things. Fundamentals used under the subject are Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Mass transfer and Fluid mechanics

Thermal Engineering is an exhaustive compilation of detailed information under each of the topics, in simple language. The book also contains model question papers with objective type questions. The diagrams and charts given along with various chapters facilitate a better understanding of the subject. The exercises given along with the chapters carry objective type questions, theoretical questions, and even unsolved examples from different competitive exams like the UPSC and GATE. Thermal Engineering was published by Laxmi Publishers as ninth edition in 2013.